Beer-tap.



PATENTED DEG. 15, 1903. P. B. ABRELL.

BEER TAP.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 13, 1902.

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WITN ESS'ES PATENTBD DEG. 15, 190s. 11B. ABRELL.

BEERV TAP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1902.

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BEERn-TAP.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,111, dated December 15, 1903.

Application filed November 13,1902. Seria] No. 131,111. (No modcif.`

To a/ZZ lwhom, it may concern,.- y j Beit known that 1, PAUL B. ABRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented and produced a new and original Im provement in Beer-Tapsg and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refer'- ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

The objects of this invention are to provide a beer-tap which can be readily and easily applied to a barrel or similar package to enable an impervious connection to be secured and the tap to be locked in such position until its removal is desired, to obtain such a connection before the flow of liquid is started, to obviate the use of a mallet to remove the bung of a package and secure greater convenience, and to obtain other advantages and results, some of which will be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the im proved beertap and bung therefor and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved tap connected to a bung, the barrel or package being removed; and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same on line Fig. 3 shows the tap in action,with its slip-rod and stuffing-box disconnected. Fig. 4c is a plan of the body portion of the tap as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section in the plane of the upper surface of the bung when the tap is connected thereto, taken on line y, Fig. 6; and Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section of said parts as on line y, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a reverse plan of the tap. Fig. 8 is a plan of bung adapted to coperate with my improved tap, and Fig. 9 is a section of the same as ou line e'.

1n said drawings, 2 indicates the body por tion 0f my improved tap, said body part being tubular to receive the slip-rod 3 and of slightly-larger internal diameter, so as to provide an annular vent-space 4 around said sliprod. At its top the body2 has a stuffing-box 5 around said slip-rod to close said vent-space 4, and from one side projects a lateral connection 6 for an air-hose, (not shown,) by which pressure is secured in the package to force out the liquid. The opposite or lower end of said body 2 is reduced, as at 8, and upon said reduced end is slipped a sleeve 9, whichis adapted to slidethereupon,being held against escape by a washer 10, riveted upon the still further reduced extremity 1l of the reduced part 10 and projecting beyond said reduced portion 10 into` the interiorly-enlarged end 12 of the bore or passage of the sleeve 9. Said sleeve is thus adapted to reciprocate between the stops 81 10 thus provided. l

At its end which projects beyond the body 2 of the tap the sleeve 9 has interior diametrically opposite-lugs 14 14, adapted to engage the bung of a barrel or package, as hereinafter described. A short sheet-metal tube 15, screwed into the end of the body part 2, serves to enter the bung, and a gasket 16, of rubber or the like, placed around said tube 15 and against the washer 10 and end of the body 2, is adapted to secure an impervious connection with the package.

The bung which I have provided to be seated in a package and to receive my improved tap described comprises a body 17 of the usual eXteriorly-threaded cylindrical form, adapted to screw into a bung-hole. Said body has a comparatively small central aperture 18, `adapted to receive the tubular extension 15 of the body part of the tap, and the gasket 16 described finds a seat upon the solid surrounding annular portion 19 of the top of the bung-body. Radally out from said central aperture and seat 19 the bung-body has an annular recess 20, adapted to receive the end of the sleeve 9, which projects beyond the body of the tap, and upon the upper or outer edges of that wall of the recess nearer the center of the bung are diametrically opposite segmental flanges 2l, beneath which the lugs 14 14 of the sleeve 9 are adapted to be turned, as will be understood.

'After the tap has been brought loosely into connection, as above described, it is only necessary that the sleeve 9 be slid inward or upward upon the body 2 of the tap to secure a firm impervious joint. This I preferably do by means of a hand-lever 22, radially projecting from the body 2 just above the sleeve 9 and being bifurcated at its inner end to receive a fulcrumed lug 23 and pin 24. The bifurcations are extended to form curved arms 25 25, lying at opposite sides of the body 2,and these lever-arms are engaged by hooked arms 26 26, extending upwardly from opposite points of the upper end of the sleeve 9.

On the upper side of the lever 22 is pivoted a locking-lever 27, adapted at its inner end to engage a beveled shoulder 28 on the tapbody after the hand-lever has been depressed and prevent inadvertent release or relaxation of said hand-lever. Said locking-lever swings in a vertical plane, and the upper part of its inner end is beveled forwardly downward to underlie the oppositely-beveled shoulder 28. When, therefore, the lever 22Ahas been depressed to final position, downward pressure of the locking-lever 27 wedges its inner end against said shoulder and braces the main lever 22 against upward movement, as will be understood.

After the tap-body has been locked to the bung, and thus to the package, the slip-rod is pushed forcibly inward, driving the cork 29 out of the central aperture 18 of the said bung and into the package. The slip-rod itself then enters the package, and an outflow of liquid controlled by the cock 30 is obtained.

In the bung shown as adapted to be used with my improved tap preferably the flanges 2l are at diametrically opposite ends extended downward to the bottom of the annular recess and across said bottom of the recess, as shown at 13 in Figs. 8 and 5 more especially. This provides a hold or grip for a wrench or the like in screwing the bung into a barrel or package and facilitates its insertion.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a beer-tap, the combination with a tubular bodyparthavingaradial lug back from its end, and a slidable sleeve upon said body part beyond said lug, said sleeve being adapted at its outer end to couple to a bung and at its inner end having diametrically opposite hooked arms, of a bifurcated hand-lever'fulcrumed at the inner end of its bifurcation upon said radial lug and having its branches said handle-lever, and adapted to engage the body part of the lrap.

3. In a beer-tap, the combination with a tnbular body portion and a slidable sleeve upon said body adapted to couple to a bung, of a bifurcated hand-lever fulcrumed upon said body portion with its arms extending one on each side thereof and adapted to engage the said slidable sleeve, a projection upon the body portion presenting an overhanging beveled shoulder, and a lockiug-leverfulcrumed upon the said bifurcated hand-lever and having an oppositely-beveled inner end adapted to wedgingly engage said shoulder to lock the hand-lever.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of October, 1902.

PAUL B. ABRELL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, C. B. PITNEY. 

